Scripting and Programming Fundamental Assessment Skill Check

Hi, I’m stuck with the 4 question, it seems so simple, but I have it wrong, I have checked again and again and is the only wrong question. I don’t know if I can write it, but the questions says “What should you put in the first bash script so it returns Smudge” the hint is ${***[ ]} and my answer is ${ xxxx [ x ]}, however it says it is not, I don’t what am i getting wrong, PLEASE HELP. (answer redacted by admin)

I think your answer is correct. We are looking to see if we have an error on our end now.

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This should be fixed. It looks like the answer was flagging the remote code execution rules on our WAF. Sorry about that.

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Thank you both, it works now. So the WAF thought the answer I gave was a SQL injection or something like that?

Yeah exactly - for most web apps, for most users, inputting all of those nested brackets is typically indicative of malicious behavior.

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